SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 197

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Chapter 197: A very generous gift

Damon stirred awake in a few minutes, his brows twitching slightly as awareness returned. But he didn’t open his eyes. The warmth beneath his head, the soft rhythm of breath beside him, the faint scent of lavender and healing herbs, it all wrapped around him like a cocoon. And after everything that had happened today, he wasn’t in a hurry to crawl out of it.

He stretched just a little, subtly adjusting his position without lifting his head from Kate’s lap. It was... absurdly comfortable. His thoughts drifted back through the whirlwind of the past few hours, the metallic fortress, La Rocha, his mana core formation, the weird thing his blood did, and finally this world spirt’s binding ritual.

There were so many things he needed to process. There was also the thing with the ice freaks family. Their infighting were about to break out any second now and he needed to get his family out of there while everything was still normal. To get them to a more permanent safe place he needed to up everybody’s soul strength. There was also the black pool and the legacy buried underneath.

"Alright. Break time’s over." Damon flashed his eyes open with a grin, staring right into Kate’s eyes. "Thanks for being my pillow. Awwww, I didn’t know you liked me this much." Damon teased her.

Kate rolled her eyes, but the faint flush on her cheeks betrayed her. "You say that like I had a choice. You collapsed like a sack of bricks. I was trying to keep you from drooling on the moss."

"Oh, come on," Damon smirked. "That sounds like the kind of excuse someone in love would make."

"In your dreams." She narrowed her eyes, trying to suppress a smile. "You should be grateful I didn’t dump you in the stream."

Damon chuckled and sat up, rolling his shoulders with a satisfying crack. "I’d still count that as affection. You didn’t actually drown me, after all."

Kate gave him a sideways glance, but her expression softened as she stood. "You’re impossible, you know that?"

"Unstoppable and impossible," Damon said with mock pride. "Want to see something sweet?"

"Is this about that woman?" Kate’s mood dropped a little.

"She is not really a woman, you know."

Damon did not explain further as he pulled up his system notifications one after the other. There were a lot of older notifications he was yet to go through but he opened the newest ones first.

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[Ding! You have successfully bound a Lesser World Spirit: Azuna – Aspect of Earth and Life]

[Ding! World Spirit has mutated]

[Ding! World Spirit is undergoing a transformation under the influence of your bloodline]

[Ding! Lesser World Spirit: Azuna is now partially evolved to a Mid-tier World Spirit: Azuna - Aspect of Earth and Blood]

[Ding! As the first player in Earth Online to bind a World Spirit, you have gained the unique title: "Worldbound Pioneer"]

[Ding! You have gained the trait: [World’s Pulse] – Your connection to the earth element has been permanently enhanced. Passive bonuses to mana regeneration and earth-element affinity applied.]